> > I can be prepared on my side when I use something unstable and can adopt > the change. >
You can. If you're writing an IDE module, your users can't. They just upgrade the IDE and find something doesn't work anymore, say "this sucks" and go download Eclipse. There are friend APIs in NetBeans that have not seen a single change in going on a decade. All of those IMO, should simply get the "friend" label removed from them - if it hasn't changed in that long, it's clearly stable in every practical meaning of the word. I'm just suggesting a way to make that automatic, instead of someone having to go do that process manually, because what's predictable is that maybe it gets done in one release, and then it doesn't happen again for another decade until this exact conversation is happening again. -Tim
